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“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” ― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz It’s said there are 5 stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I’ve questioned this theory recently, because no matter how much time passes, a parent can never fully accept that their baby is gone. Denial is what makes your experience feel like a nightmare. You wonder if it really happened,… Read More

The Dead Baby Club. The sorority you never rushed, the membership you never purchased, the group you never volunteered to join. Quite honestly, it’s a group I didn’t really know existed until the day I got initiated. Chances are we all belong to a group we never wanted to be a part of. Maybe you lost a parent/aunt/uncle/sibling/grandparent way too early. A part of you always wants to hand in your membership… Read More

We spent yesterday at our family farm (more like playground) with my sister and got home late last night. My husband put the kids to bed and I started working on filling up Easter eggs. He asked if we should hide the eggs in the morning worried that ants would get inside the eggs, but I said I was tired and worried the kids would wake up before me and convinced him… Read More

To you, this may seem like a strange place to start telling my story, because it’s not the beginning and hopefully not the end of my journey. Instead it marks a turning point in my life and the reason I am sharing my story with the world. Later I will tell you how I got here and where I’m going, but this was the defining turning point. I woke up on this Good… Read More

Hi, I'm Teri! I'm the creator of Baby Bumps in the Road blog. I'm a wife, stepmom, dog mom and mother to an angel baby with a precious rainbow baby on the way. In mid-January 2017, we found out we'd lost our first baby at 11 weeks and it was later diagnosed as a partial molar pregnancy. I've spent the last year months grieving my child, having my hCG levels monitored, trying to put myself back together emotionally and physically, and preparing for a second chance at motherhood. We found out in October that we are expecting our 2nd baby in July 2018. I couldn't be more excited to be on this pregnancy journey again - even though it's been a bumpy one!
My wish for this blog is to share my experience with others and have a place to talk freely about both of my babies. I hope this blog helps comfort those experiencing a loss and proves that something beautiful can rise from the ashes. Thanks for visiting, and please connect with me on Instagram (@babybumpsintheroad)!